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-ANDREW o. YAWGER, oF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

L etteis Patent No. 80,582, dated August 4, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE BARREL-HEADS.

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To ALL WHOM 1T MAY QONCERN:

Bel it known Athat I, ANDREW O. YAWGER, of Newark, in the county ofEssex, and State of New Jersey, have Vinvented an Improved RemovableBarrel-Head; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference murkedthereon. v

My invention consists in the mode employed of putting the centre-pieceof a burrelhead in its place, and of removing it when required, withoutinjuring any part ofthe heed, and without disturbing the hoops..

One end of the piece C is putin its place in the croze of the stave D,the other end is then pressed down between the pieces B, a part -of'thestave E having been cut away above the croze, to allow it to come downupon the shoulder formed by the lower side of the croze.` Then, by a.simple device, the piece C is held in its place, or maybe readilyremoved. One way of securing this piece is by a small plate, F, of woodor metal,

crowded against the chime in a. prepared croze, covering the end ofthepiece C, and extending on tothe pieces A B. This plate is held by one ormore screws firmly in its position. l

Other modes of fastening this piece O wllfbe readily suggested. One isby e piece of-iron or wire, bent sothat the two ends shall pass into thestaves, over the pieces A B, and made fast `to the head by one or morescrews, as in the case of the plate F.

I do not claim'as new a movable strip to allow a'barel-head to be takenout or put in at pleasure; but

I claim the pieces A and B, when used in connectionvivithpiece O of' a.barrel-head, and held in place by means of piece F and screw G, allconstructed and operatingnsubstantially as set forth.

` A. C. YAWGER.

Witnesses:

HORACE HARRIS, R. B; YARD.

